Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Chrome extensions raid your Steam account

  • 19 January 2016
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Graham Cluley | January 19, 2016
 
                                           


 
Steam users are being warned to be on their guard after criminals created rogue browser add-ons designed to steal from the accounts of video games fans.
 
Security researcher Bart Blaze describes how a Steam user has created a number of Chrome browser extensions for online first-person shooter "Counter-Strike: Global Offensive" (also known as CS:GO).
 
Don't be in too much of a hurry to install the Chrome extensions, however, which have names like CSGODouble Theme Changer, CS:GO Double Withdraw Helper, Csgodouble AutoGambling Bot and Improved CSGODouble.
 
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Well, given the level of queries we get related to Steam this may generate a few more such enquiries should any of our Community notice and have any concerns accordingly.
 
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